Whip-socket.



No. 822,779. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. J. D. SHIMER. WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1905.

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WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

:atented 011116 5, 1906.

Application filed November '7, 1905. Serial No. 286,246.

1'0 all whom it warty concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn D. SHIMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martins Creek, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inIVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whip-sockets, and has for its objects toprovide a simple inexpensive device of this character I which inpractice will securely hold the whip against accidental dislodgment, onewhich will subserve the further function of a rein-holder, and onewherein the whip or reins may be readily released when circumstancesrequire.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of awhip-socket embodyin the invention and showing the rein engagedtherewith. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectiontaken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1 and showing the socket moved to releasing position. Fig. 5is a section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1 and showing the socket inengaging position, the rein being shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a supporting member or baseprovided with clips 2, adapted to engage the dashboard of the vehicleand having openings 3 for the reception of screws or-other fasteningmembers by which the support is secured in place, there bein fixed tothe front face of the support 1 and in vertical spaced relation a pairof horizontal supporting members or arms 4, preferably curved laterallyand forwardly from their inner toward their outer ends and terminatingat the latter in bearing-openings 5 and having adjacent their inner endsand within the curved portion laterally-projecting engaging portions orlugs 6 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Seated in the open'ngs 5 and sustained by the arms 4 is a vertical shaftor pintle 7, having engaged therewith the horizontal projectingbearing-arms 8 of a tubular whip-receiving member or socket 9, wherebythe latter is pivoted to swing in a horizontal plane toward and from thebracket-arms 4, there being provided in the side wall of the socketmember horizontal slots or openings 10, disposed to receive theprojecting portions 6, while coiled upon the shaft 7 is anactuatingspring 11, terminating at its upper end in an arm 12, engagedwith the adjacent bracketarm 4 and at its lower end with a bearingportion or finger 13, extended partially around the socket 9 and bearingon the wall thereof at a point normally opposite the lugs 6.

' In practice the spring 11 serves, through the medium of the portion13, to hold the tubular whip-receiving member 9 in the positionillustrated in Fig. 5, under which conditions the projecting portionsextend through the openings 10 and bear against the whip for securingthe latter in the socket, it being understood that when it is desired toremove the whi from the socket the latter is swung outward against theaction of the spring to the position illustrated in Fig. 4 and away fromthe arms 4, whereby the portions 6 release the whip and permit readyremoval of the latter from the socket.

When the device is employed as a reinholder, the reins are introducedbetween the member 9 and base 1, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, andare securely clamped between said members, it being obvious that forwardpull upon the rein serves to swing the member 9 in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 5, thus increasing the clamping force.When, however, it is desired to release the reins, the end thereof isdrawn rearwardly, thus swinging the member 9 in the direction indicatedby the arrow in Fig. 4 and permitting ready removal of the reins, aswill be understood.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simpleinexpensive device admirably adapted for the attainment 9 of the ends inview, it being understood that in attaining these ends minor changes inthe details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the in vention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In adevice of the class described, a base, a supporting member carried bythe latter, a tubular member pivoted to the support and provided with anopening, a projection on the support adapted to extend through theopening, and a spring tending to move the tubular member toward thebase.

2. In a device of the class described, a

base, a pair of supporting-arms carried there- In testimony whereof IafliX my signature by, one of said arms being provided with a inpresence of two Witnesses. projection, a tubular member pivotally conhisnected With the supporting-arms for swing- JOSEPH D. X SHIMER. 5 ingmovement toward and from the base,- mark said member having an openingto receive Witnesses: the projection and a spring tending to move WM. T.HEFFERMAN, the tubular member toward the base. FRANK G. SHIMER.

